Bumper package



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G. A. LYON BUMPER PACKAG E Filed May 21, 1921 Patented Apr W, i923.

GEORGE AER EH31 LYON, F PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

BUIL ER PACKAGE.

Application filed may 21, 1921. Qerial No. 471,376.-

To all whom it may concern;

Be it known that I, GEORGE ALBERT LYON, a citizen of the United States,and resident of Philadelphia, county of Philadelphia, State ofPennsylvania, have made a certain new and useful Invention Relating toBumper Packages, of which the following is a specification taken inconnection with the accompanying drawing, which forms part of the same.

This invention relates especially to sep arable multiple unit packagesfor shipping strip metal articles, such as automobile bumpers or buffersof the Lyon type hav ing the general structure described and covered bythe Lyon Patents No. 1,198,246 of September 12, 1916, and No. 1,266,836of May 21, 1918, although of course, other makes or styles of bumpers orgenerally similar articles may be shipped in; this type of package. Thepackage may comprise any desired number of units or boxes, some at leastof such boxes preferably having sides projecting be ond the outer facesof the cooperating on members to which they are secured so as to formend recesses, in which connector strips or members of wood may be nailedso as to securely connect six or so of such boxes or units which arepiled on top of one another, so as to form a multiple unit packageconvenient for handling and in which the units mutually reenforce andprotect each other.- The consignee may separate such a multiple unitpackage by sawing apart or otherwise severing these connectors alonglines which may be marked, weakened, or scored for such purposes, so

that the original multiple unit package may be divided into two or morepackages each of which may contain one or more units or boxes. Thewooden strips which form the sides or ends of the open unit frame or boxmay be closed by top and bottom covers of any suitable material such aspaper board, including straw board, paste board or fibre board, or, ifdesired, of thin veneering or laminated wood. Where as is desirablepaper board covers "are used for this purpose, it is advantageous tosecure or nail retainer strips of wood over these covers at each side ofthe box or unit, where they can be conveniently nailed to the box sidesalong the lengths of these members, so as to cooperate with and hold inthe ends or other parts of the metal strip bumper elements which arepreferably disconnected and Wrapped or rotected by windings of paper,etc. It is a so desirable in many cases to provide a specialsmallcompartment in the unit or box to contain parts of the articles, such ashook bolts or other attaching devices, and this may be efiectivelyarranged by nailing or securing one or more connected inner sides ofthis compartment in one corner of the unit or box preferably beneath theedge retainer strips, so that a complete inner wooden box may thus beformed for these loose parts or small pieces. lln the accompanyingdrawing showing in a somewhat diagrammatic way an illustrativeembodiment of this invention,

Fig. 1 is a perspective view partly in section and showing a multipleunit package composed of four boxes or units; and

Fig. 2 is an end section thereof, taken along the line 2-2 of Fig. 1.

Automobile bumpers or buffers of this Lyon type may, as indicated inFig. 1, comprise two generally similar spring steel strips or members,each of which includes an impact receiving member adapted to extendacross the front of the automobile which merges into an end loop towhich is connected one of the attaching members 22 of the bumperextending transversely of the impact receiving member in the package.These resilient steel strip members may for shipping purposes beadvantageously wrapped or Wound with protecting strips and arranged asindicated in Fig. 1 with each attaching member pointing toward the otherimpact receiving member and adjacent thereto. The box or package unitwhich should fit as closely as convenient around these heavy stripmembers, weighing from twenty to thirty pounds or more for each bumpermay comprise wood box sides and ends nailed or secured together in anysuitable way, preferably so that the ends of the end members such as 27project three-fourths of an inch or so beyond the adjacent faces of theside members 1 and 16. Covers 14, 15 of thin sheet protecting materialsuch as paper board, etc., may be secured to the top and bottom faces ofthe box or unit and so give the necessary strength and reliability andhold the covers in place, wood strip retainers such as a, 5 arepreferably secured over each cover at the sides of the box where theycan be conveniently nailed or secured to the box sides and securelyretain the bumper strips lit in position. These retainer strips may ofcourse, be securely nailed to the box sides adjacent the bumperattaching members and elsewhere, so that the box is greatly reenforcedagainst the tendency of the metal strip bumper members to work outduringshipping or handling, while at the same time the cost and weightof the package is minimized to the greatest extent consistent with itsstrength and reliability. In many cases it is quite desirable to h-avean inner compartment for bumper attachlng members or other parts of thearticle and this may be conveniently provided in this construction bynailing one or more inner partitions into one end of the box or unit, soas to make a complete wooden box or inner compartment. As shown in Fig.1, the wooden partitions 7 may be nailed between the inner edges of theretainer strips 3, 5 at one side of the box and by extending in contactwith or closely adjacent the cooperating attaching member 22, thisattachin member may in some cases form the en of this inner compartmentin which hook bolts or other attaching devices may be packed or placedfor shipment as indicated in Fig. 2.

Any desired number of such boxed bumpers or package units may be iled upone on top of another up to the maxlmum weight of package desired,dependent of course on the requirements of the particular customer andfour, six or more of such bumper unit ackages may be piled up asindicated in ig. 1, and connected or secured together by outsideconnector strips so that they mutually strengthen and protect each otherduring shipment. For this purpose severable wood strip connectors as 10,may be nailed or otherwise secured to each of the units, referably bynailing them into the angle ormed by the projectin ends 28 of the boxends 27, so that consi erable additional strength is thus given to eachunit at this oint of juncture as well as firmly and reliably connectingthe difierent units of the multiple package, in which the adjacentretainer strips such as 2, 4 and 5 come into close bearing contact asindicated in Figs. 1 and 2. Such multiple unit package may after.shipment be divided or separated into two or more packages by sawingthrough or otherwise severing the strip connectors at the desired pointswhere they may be marked, creased or weakened in some cases, so as to bereadily cut through as by the saw 26 indicated in dotted lines, so thatseveral packages may thusbe conveniently formed containing any desirednumber of bumpers which are still boxed and ready for such furthershipment as may be necessary. This is of course a great convenience forjobbers and other distributers who can divide the original packages intosmaller ones for further shipment to their customers, thus avoiding thevery great annoyance and expense in recrating such bumpers when they areship ed in individual paste board boxes enclosed in wood packing cases;

This invention has been described in connection with a number ofillustrative forms,

proportions, parts, units, articles, arrangements and methods ofpreparation and use, to the details of which disclosure the invention isnot of course to be limited, since what is claimed as new and what isdesired to be comprising resilient strip members adjacent said sides andhaving the end of each transversely extending connected attaching memberarranged adjacent the other impact receiving member, paper board coverson the top and bottom faces of said unit and wooden retainer stripssecured outside of said covers at each side of said unit and nailed tosaid sides to cooperate with and retain the ends of said impactreceiving members and attaching members, an inner wooden partitionmember extending between one of said attaching members and the box endand nailed to the adjacent retainer strips to form an inner woodencompartment within said unit to contain attaching devices and separablewood strip connectors nailed to said units within the angle former bythe projecting ends of said box ends to form a multiple unit package inwhich the units mutually reenforce and protect each other.

2. The separable multiple unit package for automobile bumpers or thelike, comprising a plurality of vertically iled units each comprisingwooden sides an cooperating ends secured thereto, each unit containingthe disconnected parts of an automobile bumper comprising resilientstrip members adjacent said sides and having the end of eachtransversely extending connecting attaching member arran ed adjacent theother impact receiving mem r, paper board covers on the top and bottomfaces of said unit and wooden retainer strips secured outside of saidcovers at each side of said unit and nailed to said sides to cooperatewith and retain the ends of said impact receiving members and attachingmembers an inner wooden partition member nailed. to the adjacentretainer strips to form an inner compartment within said unit to containattaching devices and separable wood strip connectors nailed to saidunits toform a memes multiple unit peckege in which the units mutuallyreenforce end protect eech other.

3. The unit peclmge for entomoloile humpers or the lilre comprisinWooden sides end cooperating ends secure thereto and conteining thedisconnected parts of en entomoloile bumper comrising resilient stripmemloers edjecent sni sides end herring the end of the transverselyextending connected etteching members nr'renged edjecent the otherimpact receiving member, pincer boerd covers on the top end bottom fecesof seid unit end Wooden retainer strips secured outside of said coverset eech side of snid unit end neiled to said sides to coopernte with anretain the ends of snid impect receiving members end etteching member,en

inner Wooden pnrtition member" extending between one of said attachingmembers end the hon end end secured between the edjecent reteiner stripsto form n-n inner compertinent Within said unit edepted to conteinattaching devices.

d. The unit package for nntomohile humpers or the like, comprisingWooden sides and coopereting ends secured thereto, covers on the top endbottom feces of said unit end Wooden retainer strips secured outside ofseid covers st each side of said unit and nailed to said sides an innerpartition secured between the edjecent retainer strips to form en innercompartment within seid unit adapted to contain etteching devices.

GEQRGE ALBERT LYUN.

